Dale Bowman
Outdoors Columnist
After the wild weather early last week, summer and summer fishing patterns settle in for this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report; plus a reminder to be alert for pink salmon.
Matthew Lewandowski caught a big pike that attacked the little pike he was reeling in last week in Canada that adds to a family tradition of fishing and earns Fish of the Week honors.
Prairie State Conservation Coalition is stepping up to assume a major role in funding conservation projects for land acquisition, land stewardship and organization capacity building (organizational infrastructure).
A photo of American white pelicans over Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago and a question about feeding young rabbits are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
Brady Putnam, 9, reeled in a bunch of fish, including a big Chinook, and enjoyed the depths of the whole experience on Lake Michigan.
Big coho, Chinook and lakers on Lake Michigan along with variable conditions inland with the weather lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.
Another sign that this might go down as the year of big coho salmon on southern Lake Michigan with a catch of a 18.4-pound coho out of Waukegan.
Bret Cavanaugh and Alex Bielfeldt will be the first to reach Nationals in any sport out of Reed-Custer High School when they fish the Bassmaster High School National Championship Aug. 1-3 on Tennessee’s Chickamauga Lake.
A photo of a night heron on the Chicago River, a question on a bee in Bourbonnais and a note on grouse drumming in Wisconsin are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.